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Education

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

6. Political support

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 07:16 PM

Feb 2013

for privatizing education, for high stakes testing, will be the LAST thing to be cut.

And, of course, when all those cuts to teaching and learning result in A DECREASE IN LEARNING, it will be the teachers' fault, not the policies, not the funding.

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Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

There is a Lot Here to Cover dballance Feb 2013 #1

the purpose of race to the top is to privatize schools and sell tests nt msongs Feb 2013 #2

the purpose is actually to do nothing while seeming to do something. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #3

Krashen knows better. Igel Feb 2013 #4

It's not just connections to the internet. It's a serious upgrade. knitter4democracy Feb 2013 #5

Political support LWolf Feb 2013 #6